Having a think about this one Aqui, I've got a few old fashioned books I use, out of print now most of them. If you can get hold of it, "Food from your Garden" is a cracker. Gives all the growing, harvesting, preserving, recipes etc and is the one I use the most (I got mine from Ebay).
dee
One book that i have that was published by HMSO is Home preservation of Fruit & Veg. It was first published in 1929 and has now been completely updated - you can get it on Amazon.Its mainly preserving but there is a chapter on storing. I have a couple of others but this is the one i always use..
lloyd
Sounds really interesting. Does it offer insights that the others don't?.....Quite often the older ones are better, offering cheaper alternatives that are becoming more relevant again now.
Many a good tune played on an old fiddle and all that...............
dee
Its just a basic no frills [no glossy pictures, a few linear drawings] on preserving that was published by the government. There's a what went wrong section.I suppose they were concerned with people keeling over with botulism - Hee Hee.. along with the revised section on blanching/freezing.
It covers just about everything Jams,Chutneys,Bottling,Drying,Herbs,sauces,vinegars.
There's also a section on competitions and the sale of preserves {WI}
Iv never felt the need to have any other book, though i do also have Marguerite Patten's book and between them i think iv got every recipe covered..
